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ARISING from an investigation of the variation in positive and negative charge with pH in a number of ferruginous tropical soils1, it appeared that the use of alcohol washings in the determination of cation exchange capacity (CEC) on such soils might lead to serious errors.
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Sumner, M. E. (in the press).
Schofield, R. K., J. Soil Sci., 1, 1 (1949).
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SUMNER, M. Effect of Alcohol Washing and pH Value of Leaching Solution on Positive and Negative Charges in Ferruginous Soils. Nature 198, 1018–1019 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1981018a0
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